Adore, Siamese Dream, and Pisces Iscariot would probably be the safest bets if the vocals have been the barrier for you. On those albums he sings in a less nasal style (overall).
Siamese Dream if you want a super-focused, massive sounding album packed with riffs and solos and emotion. There’s really nothing like it.
Pisces Iscariot if you want a great mix of heavy and acoustic material. It’s their 1991-1994 B-Side / Outtake album so it feels a bit more casual. It might be their most overall enjoyable and accessible album.
Adore if you want a long, sad, dark, more traditionally beautiful album. If you have any preconceptions of the band, this one will probably surprise you the most (especially the run at the end).
You really can’t go wrong though, all of them are masterpieces.
went for Siamese Dream… the heavier shoegazier things are more my thing probably. Actually surprisingly decent, I remember hating Today, not sure if I will be able to get used to it!
also made me think of the band Truly, who I then listened to. they’re Soundgarden’s original bassist, the drummer from Screaming Trees and another guy… kinda psychedelic grunge I guess
kinda want to listen to Hum now too, never heard them but apparently a big influence on Deftones… pivoting into solely listening to 90s alt rock
Meant to add @TAFH33, do you like Failure? Don’t know if you could say SP influenced them because they were pretty much concurrent, but fairly sure that Failure got a fair few SP comparisons at the time. Certainly not a direct comparison (vocal delivery is very different) but can definitely hear traces - guitars in particular
I’ve actually never heard them before! Or at least that I’m aware of, the name definitely sounds familiar though. I’ll be sure to give that album a shot this week.
Ha ha my mate who normally has excellent taste sent me their new one and I burned him by saying it sounds like Feeder. He was embarrassed as he obviously hates Feeder, being a good lad generally.
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